Article of furniture.



C. R. UHL.

ARTICLE OF FURNITURE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3. I916.

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Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

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specification or Letters Patent. P tented Sept. 18, 191 '7.

Application filed November 3, 1916. Serial No. 129,295.

Be itknown'that I, CLEMENT R. UHL, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain .new and useful Article of Furniture; and I do here-'by declare the following to be a'full, clear, and eXact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference'being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked'thereonjwhiohform a part of this'specification.

This invention relates to articles of furniture, and particularlytofurniture of the knock-down type. V V

The object of my invention isthe' pro Vision of an improved articleoffurniture, such for instance as a table, which isstron'g, durable andinexpensive in its construction and capable of being easily and quickly.knocked down or set up, and also 'ofbeing lengthened or shortened asoccasion may require. Other objects and advantages of the invention Wlllbe apparent from the following detaileddescription thereof.

j in which While the invention, in its broader aspoet, is capable'ofembodiment in numerous forms, apreferred' embodiment thereof isillustrated. in the accompanying drawings,

"Figural is aperspective view of a table embodying the'invention. Fig. 2is apers'pective view of a portion of one of the table legs with therail engaging arms attached thereto. Fig. "3 is an enlarged perspectiveview of one of thetable rails with a part broken away. Fig. iis anenlarged section of the upper portion of'the table with parts brokenaway and with parts removed. Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspectiveviewvtaken near the line'55 in Fig. 4; and Fig-.toisacrosssection on theline 6-6 in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings,-1 designates each of the several legs ofatable, and 2 the topthereof. Each leg 1, in the present instance, isformed of sheet metal and is rectangular in cross-section withthe sideedges of the sheet metal meeting at a 'cor'ner thereof andterminatingin'inwardly turned flanges 3, which are rigidly joinedtogether bya U-shaped uniting'stI- ip 1, that iS prefer ably spot weldedthereto at spaced points, as at 5.

'Projecting transversely from the upper end of each'leg is a pair ofarms 6, 6, which, if .the leg is disposed at a corner of the table,project at right angles to each other, as best shown in Fig. 2. The arms6, 6 are L-shaped in 'cros'ssection and preferably comprise a singlelength of angle-iron with a portion of the top flange thereof cut awayat the center to permit. the other flange to be bent to fit around theouter side of the leg to which it is attached, being preferably spotwelded thereto, as at 7. The top flange of the bar forming the arm 6preferably rests on the upper end'of the leg and is provided at eachend'of its "cut-away portion with an integral tongue 8, which is bentinto the upper end of the leg and preferably spot welded to the innerside of the sheet metal forming the leg,

as shown in Fig. 2.

The alined arms 6 of successive legs are connected by side ralls 9,whlch may be of sectional form ifthe space between the legs is of toogreat a length for a single piece rail. The rails 9 are formed of sheetmetal and are triangular in cross-section, having a horizontal side 10,an outer vertical side 11, and' an inner diagonally disposed side 12connecting the lower edge of the vertical side to the inner free edge ofthe horizontal side. The edges of the sheet forming the rail meet at theupper inner edgeof the rail and are secured together preferably by spotelding in a manner to'form the inwardly projecting flange 13. The'tabletop 2 is intended to rest'onthe top side 10 of each rail and is securedthereto by screws 1 1 (Fig. 4), I

which are screwed into the tabletop through openings 15 in the railflanges 13.

The leg arms 6 are intended to be ins'erted into the adjacent ends ofrespective rails QWiththe flanges thereof fitting the angle formed'bythe rail sides 10 and 11. The rails are firmly secured to the arms byset screws 16,which project through the inher rail sides 12 inpositionfor their inner ends to seat in the angle of the respective arms 6 ,andexert a diagonal thrust thereagainst to retain said arms firmly seatedin the outer top angle of the rails. The screws 16, instead of beingthreaded through f the ad acent ra l section ends-lnspanning relanuts 17carried by plates 18, which are inserted intothe rails and bearoutwardly against the sides 12 thereof. Each nut 17, in the presentinstance, is secured to the plates 18 by a retaining cage 19, which isfixed to vthe inner side of the plate, as .best shown in great for asingle piece rail 9, the rail may be spliced by inserting one or moreseparate raillengths therein andconnecting the adj acent ends of saidlengths'bya coupling bar 20, which comprises a length of angle-ironadapted to fit intothe respective ends of the rail sections in the samemanner that the arms 6 are insertedthereimand to be secured inpositionby set screws 16, as descr bed 1n connection withthe securingofthe arms 6 to the rail ends. The nuts through which the screws threadare also carried'by a removable plate 18, which-is inserted .into thetion to the joint, as shown in Fig. I j 7 It is evident that a tableembodying my invention maybe enlarged or'reduced inwidth or length asdesired by merely sub stituting rail sections of different lengths forthe sections in use, or us ng several rail sectionswhere desired,andclianging the table.

top to conform to the size of the tabledesired. It is also evident thata table embodying' my invention is capable of being or shipment.

I easily and quickly set up or knocked down and of being compactlypacked for storage I'wish' it understood that my invention is notlimited to any specific construction, arrangement or form of the parts,as it 1s capable of numerous modifications without having a side opposedto the angle'of said departing from the spirit ofthe claims.

.I claim as new,

; Having thus described my invention, what and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is v 1.,Inflan article of furniture, a pair of legs eachhaving an armprojecting therefrom toward the other leg, said arm beingangled in cross-section, a rail bar having recesses in its ends adaptedto receivesaid arms, said rail bar being angled in crosssectiontoconform to the angle of said arms and extending at itsends adjacent toeach leg, and means carr ed by said bar and operable-to releasablysecure the arms and bar together in frigid relation.

2. In 'an 'article of furniture, a leg, an arm projecting transverselyfrom said leg and angled in cross-section to form a vertical flange andan inwardly projecting flange at theupper end, thereof, a rail barhaving a socket in an end thereof with the :outer wall of socket angledin cross-section to con- 'in' the angle thereof a in an end thereof formto the angle of said arm, and a set screw projected through the innerwall of said socket and'adapted to engage said arm hold fit'firmlyseated in the angle of said socket;

3. In'an article of furniture, a leg, anarm projecting transversely fromsaid leg, a rail bar' having a socket in an end thereof for receivingsaid arm, a plate inserted in said socket and having a threaded part,'and a screw, inserted through one wall of said socket and the threadedpart of said plate and adapted to engage and firmly hold the arm"transversely seated inflsaid socket,

. I 4. In an article of-furniture, a leg, an arm projecting transverselyfrom said leg. and

being angled in cross-section to form a ver-v I ticalf flange and an;inwardly projecting flange, ametal. rail barof triangular form incross-section adapted to rece1vesa1d arm n one end thereof, and means;carried by the bar'for. releasably holdingthearm transversely seatedinan angle of said bar: V

5. In an article of furniture, a leg, ame tallic arm projecting tra'lSverjsely from said legand being angled in cross-section, a hollow.metal rail bar fore-[receiving said arm and. having two adjoining sidesconforming in angleto the-angle of said arm wherebyone; maytransverselyseat in the other: and having a sideopposed to the angle ofsaid adjoining sides, and means carried by said opposing side and;operable it transversely seated within the corresponding angleof therail bar.

6. In. an article legs, an arm projecting transversely from each leg.and angled in cross-section, :a hollow rail bar having two adjoiningsides-angled to conform to .theangle of. said arms adjoining. sides,

ing outward against the side of the bar "of furniture, a. pair-of topermit a seatingof one inthe other and plates secured in said bar i andhaving threadedparts,"said' plat-es bears which opposes the saidangletl1ereof, and

screws projectedthrough said last mentioned bar side and the threadedparts of said plates and bearing against the respective armsfinthe anglethereof to firmly retam said arms seated in thebar .angle. 7, In anarticle offfurniture, a rail bar comprising a, plurality oflongitudinally alined sections having sockets in the adjacent endsthereof, a coupling vbar inserted at its ends intoeachQof said" socketsand v:

adaptedto transversely seat therein, and m s r df by the rail sections:and oper-- able to releasably; retain the couplingbar transverselyseated in to cooperate with the connect said sections. 2 7 H In anarticle ,of furniture, 'a rail. bar comprising a plurality of hollowlongitu the section sockets and coupling bar to firmly dinally alinedsections, each section being tions and cooperating with the other sidesformed of metal and triangular in crossto releasably hold the couplingbar rigidly ing ends of said rail sections, said bar being In testimonywhereof I have hereunto angled in cross-section and transverselyseatsigned my name to this specification.

ing in an angle of each of said rail sections, and means carried by aside of the rail sec- CLEMENT R. UHL.

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section, a coupling bar inserted into adjoinseated in said sections. 10

